Srinagar, Feb 27: The Jammu and Kashmir health department has cancelled the appointment of 90 newly recruited Medical Officers (MO) for failing to join their duties.
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To augment the healthcare facilities in the rural areas, the Public service Commission (PSC) last month recommended sanction for temporary appointment of 153 doctors as Medical Officers subject to various conditions.
The Health and Medical Education Department Friday in an order said that the Directorate of Health Services, Jammu and Kashmir on 17 February furnished details of 90 MOs who have failed to join their places of postings.
The 90 doctors include 66 from Jammu division and 24 from Kashmir division.
“Therefore the appointment of 90 medical officers, appointed vides order no: 56-HME of 22-01-2020, are hereby terminated and they are discharged from services,” reads the order.
The health department has also received inputs about some doctors who after submitting their joining reports are not physically continuing at their respective place of postings are pursuing postgraduate courses in medical colleges.
“It is clear violation of norms. They have been given final opportunity to resume duties failing which they shall be deemed to have been discharged,” said an official of the health department.
Notably, in 2019 also, the health department had appointed 921 MOs out of which some 500 had joined their places while the rest were later dismissed from the services.
From 2018, the J&K government decided not to allow appointees to continue with their postgraduates/demonstrations in medical colleges.
They have only one choice either to opt for an appointment or opt out and go for studies and next candidates from waiting will be considered for appointment.
The department has said that it was working on implementing transfer policy in letter and spirit to make sure that fresh recruits serve in far off areas for at least six years.
The department is facing a huge problem as doctors are leaving for the Middle East and West after completing their studies at government expenses in Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the recent Economic Survey report, the doctor-patient ratio in J&K is 1:1,658 as against the recommended norm of the World Health Organization which is 1:1,000.(RK)
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